Sans serif · MADType
Cagliostro
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CSSfont-family: 'Cagliostro', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Cagliostro is a free sans serif by MADType, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Cagliostro has an x-height shorter than 93%, is narrower than 65% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 66%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of LXGW WenKai
Cagliostro on one light table with its two closest fonts, LXGW WenKai (67 out of 100) and Belanosima (63). LXGW WenKai is 36% lighter and 7% wider, with an x-height 9% taller; Belanosima is 31% heavier and 3% narrower.
Cagliostro and LXGW WenKai laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CagliostroLXGW WenKai…
Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.
02 / Letters
The Cagliostro alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Cagliostro at every size
1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Who made Cagliostro, and can you use it?
- Designer
- MADType
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2011
- Character sets
- latin
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes, under another name. Not as “Cagliostro”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Cagliostro is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Cagliostro, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Cagliostro under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Cagliostro, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 44.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.63lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 48.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 44%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.29 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 93% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 65% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 66% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 76% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Cagliostro
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- LXGW WenKai6736% lighter · x-height 9% taller · 7% wider
- Belanosima6331% heavier · 3% narrower
- Cause61x-height 14% taller · 21% lighter · less stroke contrast
- Sour Gummy60x-height 13% taller · 13% wider · 11% heavier
- Sniglet57x-height 14% taller · 10% heavier · 4% wider
- Jua5628% heavier · x-height 7% taller · less stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Cagliostro →Compare side by side →Get Cagliostro on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Cagliostro without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Cagliostro loads, this sets Arial in its place at 97.3% of its size, so running text keeps Cagliostro’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Cagliostro Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 97.29%;
ascent-override: 102.58%;
descent-override: 36.49%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Cagliostro', 'Cagliostro Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Cagliostro
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Cagliostro free for commercial use?
Yes. Cagliostro is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Cagliostro”.
How do I download and install Cagliostro?
FontKind doesn’t host Cagliostro’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Cagliostro in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Cagliostro isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Cagliostro in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Cagliostro under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Cagliostro in Figma?
Yes: Cagliostro is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Cagliostro have?
Cagliostro comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Cagliostro?
Cagliostro was designed by MADType. It has been on Google Fonts since November 2011. MADType also made Quantico, Abel, Lustria and one more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Cagliostro?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are LXGW WenKai (67), Belanosima (63) and Cause (61), out of 100. Next to Cagliostro, LXGW WenKai is 36% lighter and 7% wider, with an x-height 9% taller. See all 100 fonts like Cagliostro.